Pitt-Greenville Airport

Pitt-Greenville Airport
IATA: PGV – ICAO: KPGV – FAA LID: PGV PGV Location of the Pitt-Greenville Airport
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority
Operator		Pitt County & Greenville
Serves		Greenville, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		27 ft / 8.2 m
Coordinates		35°38′07″N 77°23′07″W / 35.63528°N 77.38528°W / 35.63528; -77.38528
Website		www.pitt-greenvilleairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
2/20	6,500	1,981	Asphalt
8/26	4,997	1,523	Asphalt
15/33	2,687	819	Asphalt

Pitt-Greenville Airport (IATA: PGV, ICAO: KPGV, FAA LID: PGV) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of East Carolina University, the central business district (CBD) of Greenville, a city in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. The airport covers 872 acres (353 ha) and has three runways. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. The airport manager is Jerry Vickers.

History

The Works Progress Administration constructed the Greenville Airport in 1940 on land that was jointly owned by the city of Greenville and Pitt County. A Civil Pilot training Program operated from the airport until it was leased by the United States Navy on May 1, 1942 to be an outlying field of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The field was under utilized until November 30, 1942, when it was announced that it would be upgraded by the Civil Aeronautics Administration^[1].

The first Marine Corps flying squadrons to arrive were scout bombing squadrons VMSB-343 and VMSB-344 in January of 1944. July saw the arrival of fighter squadrons VMF-913 and VMF-914 and October brought the photo reconnaissance squadrons VMD-354 and VMD-954. During the war Outlying Field Greenville was the busiest of MCAS Cherry Point's outlying fields^[2].

2011 Expansion

The airport officially opened the expansion and renovation on February 24, 2011. The $7.9 million expansion was funded by the federal stimulus. It took two years of planning and 18 months of construction.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Scheduled airlines

Pitt-Greenville Airport Terminal

Airlines	Destinations
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines	Charlotte
US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines	Charlotte

Cargo airlines

• Ram Air Freight (Raleigh-Durham, Rocky Mount-Wilson)

Gallery

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  Airport diagram showing the three runways

Notes

1. ^ Shettle(2001):40
2. ^ Shettle(2001):40-41
3. ^ Kennedy, Kathryn. "Airport Unveils $7.9 Million Expansion". The Daily Reflector. http://locateincarolina.com/news-events/news/airport-unveils-7-9-million-expansion/. Retrieved 10 March 2011. 

References

Books

• Shettle Jr., M. L. (2001). United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-964-33882-3. 

Web

• FAA Airport Master Record for PGV (Form 5010 PDF)

External links

• Pitt-Greenville Airport homepage
• Pitt-Greenville AirportPDF (333 KiB) at North Carolina DOT
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KPGV
  • ASN accident history for PGV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KPGV